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James Montgomery Flagg
[American Golden Age Illustrator, 1877-1960]
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Prolific and talented magazine illustrator who created the
famous "I Want You for the U.S. Army" Uncle Sam poster.
James Montgomery Flagg Works Online
Categorized & Annotated
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Original works by James Montgomery Flagg available for purchase at art galleries worldwide
Museums and Public Art Galleries Worldwide:
 Art Institute of Chicago NEW!
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco NEW!
Musée d'Orsay, Paris
Artworks in the museum's collections database
Museum of Modern Art, New York City
National Museum of American Illustration, Newport, Rhode Island
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C. NEW!
Currier Gallery of Art, New Hampshire
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana
Los Angeles County Museum of Art NEW!
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh
San Diego Museum of Art, California NEW!
State Museums of Florence, Italy
Self-portrait (I Want You for U.S. Army)
National Art Databases and Museum Inventories:
Smithsonian American Art Museum National Art Inventories
List of works nationwide from two sources: the Inventory of American Paintings Executed before 1914 and the Inventory of American Sculpture (only a few percent of listings have an accompanying image)
Art Market:
(e.g. records of past sales at auction; sites providing examples of the artist's signature)
Christie's Past Sale Archive
(database goes as far back as 1991; images go about as far back as 1999)
Sotheby's Sold Lot Archive
(database goes as far back as 1998; images where permitted by copyright go about as far back as 2001)
Pictures from Image Archives:
James Montgomery Flagg at The Art Renewal Center
Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur (in German) 
(a welcome screen is displayed for a couple of seconds before the search results appear)
Flickr Photo Sharing
World War I poster: Stage Women's War Relief
Flickr Photo Sharing
World War I poster: American Red Star Animal Relief
Flickr Photo Sharing
World War I poster: I Want YOU for U.S. Army
New York Public Library Digital Gallery
The History Project at U.C. Davis
Additional Image Search Tools:
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Miscellaneous Sites:
American Art Archives
Articles and Reference Sites:
Encyclopedia Britannica complete article on James Montgomery Flagg 
Note: The full version of the article is available only if you follow this link. If you bookmark the article and return later, or if you navigate directly to the Britannica website, you will see a 100-word preview only. Troubleshooting
Union List of Artist Names (Getty Museum)
Reference sheet with basic information about the artist and pointers to other references.
Wikipedia, the "Open Content" Encyclopedia
Biographical info
Bud Plant Illustrated Books
Biography with sample images
Spartacus Educational Books
U.S. Marines poster
"Look Inside" and "Search Inside" Books at Amazon
| Look Inside Books: | Selections from the books listed below are scanned in, in high res. Text is clearly readable and art reproductions vary from so-so to excellent. Don't miss the fact that you can usually zoom in via the "View" drop-down menu, along the top row of Amazon's Online Reader. | |
| Search Inside Books: | Same as "Look Inside", except that the entire book is scanned in, and the text is fully searchable. This is an unbelievable resource, for research and especially for previewing a book when making the decision to buy.
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search inside
James Montgomery Flagg: Uncle Sam and Beyond
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